https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6885 2026-02-11T17:42:33Z https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6953 Title: Asymmetric Effects of Time Zone Related Distance on Trade Authors: Mandal, Biswajit; Das, Maitrayee Abstract: This paper aims to explain that distance may not always be harmful for international trade unlike the explanations provided by the gravity model. In case of service trade distance may be helpful, instead, because of the existence of non-overlapping time zones between two trading countries. So, we will try to examine this phenomenon that whether distance is always affecting adversely in case of goods trade and how distance is affecting service trade. Then we will also try to examine the effects of the trade on factor prices, output changes and the changes in sectoral composition even if the economy consists of informal segment along with the formal sectors. Our endeavour in this paper would be to try to explain this with the help of the time zones issues. In this paper we find that with an increase in distance between trading countries the wage of skilled labour will increase and the rent of the capital will decrease in case of service trade. This will also lead to the expansion for service sector and contraction for another sector. These results are exactly reversed in case for goods trade. Description: PP:1-13 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6952 Title: Determinants of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy in India Authors: Kumar, Indal; Chowdhury, Indrani Roy Abstract: The foundational literacy and numeracy are the fundamental pillar in the production of knowledge or human capital which enhances productivity of labours and promotes economic growth. Though the public schools are supposed to impart foundational literacy skills at the primary level but the recent ASER reports state very gloomy pictures. The widening socio-economic inequalities in India, is expected to exacerbate differential learning outcomes, and restrict the educational trajectories of those children from the weaker socio-economic backgrounds. In this context, the present paper, based on IHDS 2011-12 dataset, analyses the status of foundational literacy skills of the children in India and its determinants in terms of their socio-economic, demographic and school level characteristics. The findings of fixed effect models suggest that households’ educational background, socio-economic status, and the school choice play key roles in achieving the foundational literacy and numeracy. Furthermore, a child’s self-effort like homework hours (positively) and absenteeism in school (negatively) influence the attainment of foundational literacy and numeracy. Description: PP:14-29 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6951 Title: Tourism in Assam with Special Reference to Sivasagar: Trends and Impacts Authors: De, Utpal Kumar; Borah, Bidyajyoti Abstract: Tourism is an economic term, and being an economic activity, it is associated with the generation of income, employment and market facilities. Due to the advancement in transportation and communication, the demand for tourism has been increasing continuously. Despite periodic setbacks, tourism has grown steadily over time, demonstrating the sector's strength and resilience. Assam is witnessing a thrilling mix of soothing beauty, and natural wonder along with a voyage into the past, history and culture, and such attractions of tourism give Assam comparative advantages over the other states of the country. Yet such advantages have not brought her the prominent position in Assam that she deserves for a variety of reasons. Using linear regression and time-series analysis, this study attempted to assess the trajectory of both local and foreign visitor arrivals to Assam's five protected sites. The Mann-Kendall test and Sen’s slope estimator have been utilized, which shows an upward trend for domestic tourist arrivals and a mixed trend for foreign tourists, but overall, both domestic and foreign tourist arrivals have shown an increasing trend for the most recent period (2003-2019). By accounting for the variation in the number of visitors to the chosen sites throughout the peak and offpeak seasons, the overall variation in income and employment generated has been estimated. The estimated results clearly indicate the tremendous potential of tourism to increase employment as well as income of the people involved in tourism-related activities in the vicinity of the concerned area. Description: PP:30-48 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6950 Title: Beta-Convergence of Crop Yield across Countries: A Modern Panel Data Analysis Authors: Mukhopadhyay, Debabrata Abstract: This study examines the state of beta-convergence in three major crop yields l in the world namely rice, wheat and maize in terms of consumption and production for the period 1961 to 2016 using modern panel data approach concerning beta convergence. The study has applied modern panel data analysis including panel unit root tests on demeaned series and staticpanel regression. The conventional sigma convergence indicators namely, standard deviation and coefficient of variation show convergence for wheat for the period of1986 to 2016 showing a downward trend and thus indicating sigma-convergence, But the results of panel unit root and panel regression establish beta convergence for all the crop yield. This result also shows that economies converge to different steady states. Description: PP:49-58 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z